I've installed the mod and followed the steps precisely, but while the game is loading on it's startup screen I get a windows error "This program does not respond" and it crashed. Any idea what could cause this? I have the latest redistributables installed.

Hi guys, after long time I've got something special for you We've just post news about progress. You can find all important information at our official webpage - LHMP web page with news

Change log:Fixes

Code:

fixed crashes (game loading)
fixed game loading bug while game stopped after being connected to server and nothing was happening
fixed player’s arm shaking while shooting from car
fixed doors synchronisation, now has correct door angle
fixed bug while extra pedestrian was spawned after respawn
fixed changing player’s position (on respawn/etc)

Changes

Code:

UI was aesthetically modified, using ClearType font
new map markers, which are smaller
nametags have been redesigned and fading out as you get further
huge improvement of interpolation
New features
new anti-cheat system
new masterlist system and API(documents for devs are available at our wiki)
synchronized car’s engine
new death system, now provides death reason, body part of killing hit
new browser with new updater, made in Qt

Hello, dear fans and Mafia 1 players,
I invite you to play LHMP with us as RELEASE CANDIDATE version has just come out ! Yeap, it's completely public since know and anyone can even set up his own LHMP server. Although there are some bugs and crashes, we won't hesitate and we will try to get stable version ready as soon as possible.